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Life expectancy gap between men and women in the US widened

WebMen were more than twice as likely to die from unintentional injuries than women in 2010 and that gap was even greater in 2021, leading to a 0.27-year difference

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New California COVID-19 Guidelines: What to know

Web2021. December. 31. The California Department of Public Health has updated quarantine and isolation guidelines for COVID-19 — and this time, things are getting a bit less …

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Health officials: Flu is soaring in seven US states

WebNEW YORK — The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health …

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Chance of getting long COVID highest with original strain of the …

WebThe National Institutes of Health is opening a handful of studies to start testing possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts …

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Apple has plans to eventually, maybe revolutionize health care

Web“Health is a world of opportunity to help people,” said Bob Mansfield, the company’s former chief of hardware engineering who helped create the company’s …

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More free home Covid-19 tests available for order

WebAs of Monday, residential households in the US can submit an order through Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Orders will start to ship …

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Health officials urge further testing after syphilis cases in US

WebMore than 3,700 babies were born with congenital syphilis in 2022 — 10 times more than a decade ago and a 32% increase from 2021, the Centers for Disease Control …

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Starting Sunday, COVID protection may cost you

WebA California law required health insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests for six months after the end of the federal public health emergency …

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California launches digital COVID-19 vaccine record …

WebAbove is a step-by-step on how to use the state’s new Digital Covid-19 Vaccine Record. Left to Right: 1: Provide your name, date of birth, cell phone or email and create a four-digit code to

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Bay Area RSV, flu and COVID on the rise heading into holidays

WebAround the Bay Area, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials also reported RSV activity has been increasing over the last two months while flu and …

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COVID: Major study says Florida's death rate is lower than …

WebThe study argues that while Florida’s death rate per 100,000 was higher than California’s, it would actually be lower than the Golden State’s if all states had the same …

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Questions remain about longterm health effects of Maui fires

Web2023. November. 24. After a major wildfire burned 1,000 homes in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2021, health officials learned that even professionally remediated homes …

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Newsom signs law in ‘overhaul’ of mental health system

WebNewsom also is expected to sign legislation sending a ballot measure to voters that includes two key provisions: a $6.4 billion bond to pay for 10,000 new …

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Is Santa Clara County planning a big hospital purchase

WebThe company, Cain Brothers, is the same one that helped the county in 2019 when it assumed ownership of O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and Saint Louise …

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CRISPR could kill HIV. But we don't know if it's a cure.

WebFILE – This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the …

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"I made a mistake": Former Broncos fitness guru endures long …

WebFormer Broncos coach and fitness guru Bill Phillips and his wife, Maria, talk about his battle with COVID-19 that hospitalized him for more than 40 days on Monday, …

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AHMC Healthcare finalizes purchase of Seton Medical Center

WebSeton Medical Center rises up over a freeway overpass on I-280 in Daly City, Calif., Thursday afternoon, March 17, 2016. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) …

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Enrollment efforts expand as Medi-Cal starts covering adults who …

WebPhinney Ahn, director of Medi-Cal for the L.A. Care Health Plan, said community clinics or the L.A. County Department of Health Services program called My …

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Sunnyvale-based 23andMe says health data was included in hack …

WebSome 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet …

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Kaiser Permanente workers are on strike. Here’s what makes it …

WebAbout 200 Kaiser Permanente workers picket in Irvine on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The health care employees launched a three-day strike claiming unfair labor …

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What to consider before taking the second-home plunge

WebConvenience: Many people choose second homes out of state and spend half the year in one place and half in another. That’s fine; however, if you want a weekend …

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San Pablo: Two dead, one critically injured, in head-on crash

WebSAN PABLO — Two people died and a third was critically injured early Thursday after a head-on crash on a major thoroughfare, authorities said. Authorities did …

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UNLV gunman was a career professor who had applied for a job at …

WebThe shooter who killed three people Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a 67-year-old career college professor, a law enforcement source said. …

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California budget deficit balloons to $68 billion

WebCalifornia faces a $68 billion deficit in its budget, largely as a result of a severe revenue decline in the current 2022‑23 fiscal year, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office …

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Texas man pleads not guilty in friend’s death during Santa Cruz …

WebSANTA CRUZ — A Texas man charged with involuntarily causing his friend’s death after a late-night downtown street argument last month pleaded not guilty to …

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Man shot by California police in had tried to kill witness in murder

WebA man shot and injured by Long Beach police in Montebello in October was wanted on suspicion of attempting to kill a key witness in a murder case involving …

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Desperation grows among Palestinians as Hamas, Israel battle

WebIsrael’s campaign has killed more than 17,100 people in Gaza — 70% of them women and children — and wounded more than 46,000, according to the territory’s …

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Bay Area: Pilot accused of trying to crash plane out of custody

WebBy Rick Hurd | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group. December 7, 2023 at 1:55 p.m. A former Alaska Airlines pilot and Pleasant Hill resident …

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